Jun 10 2008
The GOP Will Be Saved By Fanatical Liberal Fools In 2008
overreach |ËŒÅvÉ™rˈrÄ“Â ch |
verb1 [ intrans. ] reach too far : never lean sideways from a ladder or overreach.
• ( overreach oneself) defeat one’s own purpose by trying to do more than is possible : he was an arrogant egotist who overreached himself.
The GOP is a very lucky party right now. Â By all measures it is supposedly headed towards huge losses this fall in Congress and the race for the White House. Â The economy is struggling, oil and gas prices are at historic highs and the Iraq war left a bad impression on many. Â
But the fact is the struggling consumer will not want to vote for tax increases (those Bush tax cuts are due to expire soon), the prices of oil and gas are right where liberal eco-fanatics want them so they can stop global warming, make people car pool, etc:
Gasoline prices, which shattered the $4-a-gallon mark on average in the Washington area Friday, ranged as high as $4.39 a gallon for regular yesterday amid signs that cash-strapped Americans are changing vacation plans, consolidating errands, and turning to carpools and mass transit.
The dream of the far left is that we stop traveling, and therefore raping this world, and just live out our measly lives as quietly and invisibly as possible. Â
Now there is a chance the American people will be duped by a liberal media into ignoring these realities (though I seriously doubt it). Â But one thing they will not be enamored with is an increase in the fight among political extremes. Â The reason the war on terror and Iraq have lost support is the people don’t see a way to deal with religious extremism being played out violently and with overheated rhetoric. Â The world is tired and repulsed by extremism right now after seeing what it has done to Iraq over the past few years.
So I am pretty damn sure the rejection of political extremism and overheated rhetoric is a natural reaction due to the similarities we see between the political anger and demeaning of others and the religious edicts threatening and killing those who do not toe the line of ‘purity’. Â There is a line that some cross between heated rhetoric and violence, and thankfully that has not happened yet in our political world. Â But we all know it can and has happened on occasion, with ugly results.
Americans may simply reacting to preempt any societal melt down by stepping away from the extreme commentary that angers instead of leads. Â The reason the far right lost a lot of its credibility was its overheated attacks on one time political allies, which made everyone uncomfortable with their cries of ‘traitors’ when in fact all there was were differences of opinion on matters such as how to handle long term, non-criminal, illegal workers. Â My personal opinion is these acts of verbal attack mirrored the rationales used by religious extremists as they went on their violent rampage.
I don’t think there was any direct comparison, but there was an unconscious repulsion when the similarities continued to build as the rhetoric became more heated. Â The far right tried to bully their views on everyone, which is not the same as trying to oppress through violence – but still too close for comfort.
But the liberal far left has totally misread the situation.  They too  have been overheated in their rhetoric and positions (there dire predictions of pending doom in Iraq are a prime example).  One of the disturbing things I missed during the democrat primary debacle (mainly because I stay away from the fevered swamps of the left), was the cruelty employed by liberal Obama supporters in attacking Hillary Clinton:
Regrading the violence directed at Hillary, for instance, a reader posted a comment to my blog: “I have been depressed for months, because I’m a woman and the homicidal wishes towards her are also directed at me.â€
As the reader suggests, a narrative coming out of this campaign has been the misogynistic killing of Hillary Clinton. Keith Olbermann wanted “somebody who can take her into a room and only he comes out,†and Stop Hillary suggested that “Hillary is batshit, Liebercrat crazy. Fuck her with a pitchfork.â€
This is verbal oppression. Â The threat of violence is one step away from fascist running around employing violence to control the masses. Â Again, I am not saying this is where the country is headed – it is simply clear that for many people living their normal lives this is clearly not a place the want to go, or even pretend they are heading.
This is a long-winded explanation as to why I think the GOP is about to have its electoral futures salvaged by liberal extremism, that will play out ugly in the coming months.  The far left wants revenge against the right.  They want to obliterate any threatening opposition.  They are so concerned there seems to be little sense as to when they are overstepping – but they are.  We finally have the Bush Impeachment back in the news:
Democratic Rep. Dennis Kucinichdefied his party leadership on Monday by calling for the impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush for launching the Iraq war — but his move was not expected to go anywhere.
The Ohio representative outlined his intention to propose more than two dozen charges against Bush on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Kucinich, a former presidential candidate, accused Bush executing a “calculated and wide-ranging strategy” to deceive citizens and Congress into believing that Iraq posed an imminent threat to the United States.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has repeatedly said she opposes trying to remove the Republican president who leaves office next January because such an attempt would be divisive and most likely unsuccessful.
Kucinich, an outspoken Iraq war critic who has consistently voted against funding the war and led anti-war efforts in Congress, offered a resolution to impeach Vice president Dick Cheney in April 2007. That also failed to move forward.
More here on this crazyiness.  Kucinich is a nut.  Clearly, if impeachment was such a hot idea and his anti-war lunacy so popular he would be in Barrack Obama’s place right now.  But between the far left’s inability for self control when dealing with conservatives and stunts like this, where people are brought up on trumped up legal charges for doing there jobs (e.g., Plame and Libby, Plame and Rove, Cheney and his discussion on energy, Impeachment, telecoms and fighting terrorism, etc) one sees hints of the making of a police state.
Note that Congress authorized the war in Iraq with huge margins, and then funded it each and every year with stand alone votes (no hiding the money in general appropriations bills). Â That makes the war effort legal. Â Yet here is a mad liberal leftist trying to claim Bush committed a crime when Congress backed him every step of the way? Â I hate to say this, but all despots began to take control from the people using these extra-legal tactics to silence the opposition.
One of the best tactics the GOP has at their disposal is noting how all the calls for criminal investigations mirror a coming liberal fascism, where people who disagree on simple ideological or policy grounds have their livelihoods threatened by verbal and legal oppression.  It is a story that can be told by simply recalling the record of attempts by Congress to charge people doing their jobs with crimes.  The far left cannot control itself, it is in a truly fevered state. Â
One glaring example is the attempt by Liberal Democrats to charge the administration with crimes for protecting America from another 9-11. Â If the leftists are willing to charge people with crimes for defending this nation from attack, they will charge anyone for anything that threatens their power. Â Which is the path to fascism. Â
Americans are fed up with extremism big and small. Â Obama is doomed to fail because right now his base is made up all of wild extremists or naively blind groupies. Â America is not made up of large amounts of either group of people. most are confident, hard working, skeptics who don’t buy the “we will solve all the problems” BS from politicians anymore. Â The more Obama tries to walk on water the dumber he looks, and the more the far left will lash out at the unbelievers. Â Just watch.
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I guess the whole press corp could be counted as part of the naively
blind groupies.
Pat Dollard has a good link up on his website (same name) about
a think tank extrapolation of the likely result of an Israeli-Iranian
nuclear war. It ain’t pretty. You can pretty much figure on the collapse of
the world banking system and the economy as you know it.
This is the bottom line reality lurking below all the superfluous drivel
about, well all the drivel that the MSM (now including Fox) chooses to
talk about.
We can go into 2010 talking about gas prices, and the UN, and
whether global warming is happening or not, and then, ka-blam
no more NYC, no more DC, no more SD.
(Also no more London, or Paris, and no more Iran).
And all that is left of the useless MSM will say for years why did no one
see this coming? Why didn’t “The Bush Administration” act?
Remember, all bad things are due to Bush. It is a liberal axiom.
Countries do not have a guaranteed right to live forever. If the people
of a country forget what it was that made them great, if they get lazy,
if they can’t be bothered – well look at the Romans, you fall apart from
within.
No piddly ass attack from Iran will destroy the USA, but it may well
destroy the world banking system, the oil infrastructure of the middle
east, and a certain pleasantness of life that we have come to take
for granted.
Oh, and maybe 100 million people.
There is no larger issue now than stopping Iran in it’s tracks right now.
Don’t you think that Kucinich is the one ripe for impeachment or at least the rail, tar, and feathers?
The dems wanted high gas prices, they said so in plain English that it was the only to change driving habits and save the planet. Now they are pretending to feel the pain. It is bull!
I have little confidence that the American people will see the real picture, not enough read blogs, because the media is in bed with those who want to destroy the average persons freedom and independence from government.
The dems wanted high gas prices, they said so in plain English that it was the only to change driving habits and save the planet. Now they are pretending to feel the pain. It is bull!
I have little confidence that the American people will see the real picture, not enough read blogs, because the media is in bed with those who want to destroy the average persons freedom and independence from government.
If I remember correctly Pelosi stated that if America elected Dems. all would be good. Because they had a plan for lowering gas prices, removing ear marks and establishing the most honest, less corrupt government in history. So far, it doesn’t seemed to have worked out that way. BTW, where is this”commonsense plan” to lower gas prices that she fooled voters into believing?
The Dems/Left can always be counted on for going to far.
I attribute the Press’ hounding of Bush about the National Guard in 2004 as contributing to Bush’s victory.
I think the more the Press pushes their pro-Democrat agenda (only in regards to President election, not Congress) the more it backfires on them.. It’s so blatant.
Wow . . . the Kool-Aid must be extry tasty today in Strataspheristaland. The higher gas prices get, the more Americans loathe the Idiot in the Oval Office, and the less likely that Grumpy McSame will even get close in November.
When gasoline hits $5.00 there will be scenes from Frankenstein, with angry villagers, torches and pitchforks surrounding 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Hey, here’s a great idea for the Criminal Cabal: why not bomb Iran before November so gas will be $10.00 at the pump.
In more reality-related locations, e.g., the markets, one sees Obama leading the Crazy Old Coot 62-35%. Meanwhile, my Roth IRA went up $5,000.00 in one month (MAY) thanks to energy and precious metal holdings.
PS-
Oops, I forgot to include every conservative’s favorite exterminator: Tom “the bug man” DeLay. Here’s what Tom has to say about the rapidly apporaching election:
Remember, all bad things are due to Bush. It is a liberal axiom.
If they impeach and convict Bush and Cheney, then the two elected branches of the government will be in Democratic hands .. no more BusHilter to blame for the problems.
For this election, Bush is the boogeyman.
Besides, the Left is convinced that they need 60+ votes in the Senate to overcome a Bush veto of the impeachment .. LOL
Either someone forgot to include it in the liberal lesson plans or i just forgot that the President has control over gas prices in this economy. Guess the damn Democrats forgot to teach us that one.
About those gas prices.. bring it on Soothsayer.
http://radiopatriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/kinda-makes-you-wonder.html
For several decades, the Democratic Party has pursued policies designed to drive up the cost of petroleum, and therefore gas at the pump. Remarkably, the Democrats don’t seem to have taken much of a political hit from the current spike in gas prices. Probably that’s because most people don’t realize how different the two parties’ energy policies have been.
Congressman Roy Blunt put together these data to highlight the differences between House Republicans and House Democrats on energy policy:
About those gas prices.. bring it on Soothsayer.
http://radiopatriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/kinda-makes-you-wonder.html
ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed
SUMMARY
91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas.
86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas.
PAUL M. adds: It’s useful to keep this sort of thing in mind when we hear (on something like a daily basis these days) that the Republicans have run out of ideas or that Republican ideas didn’t work. The truth is that most major Republican ideas weren’t tried because the Democrats blocked them. Increasing the domestic production of oil and gas (a move so obvious it barely meets the standard for being an idea) is hardly the only example.
About those gas prices.. bring it on Soothsayer.
http://radiopatriot.blogspot.com/2008/06/kinda-makes-you-wonder.html
For several decades, the Democratic Party has pursued policies designed to drive up the cost of petroleum, and therefore gas at the pump. Remarkably, the Democrats don’t seem to have taken much of a political hit from the current spike in gas prices. Probably that’s because most people don’t realize how different the two parties’ energy policies have been.
Congressman Roy Blunt put together these data to highlight the differences between House Republicans and House Democrats on energy policy:
ANWR Exploration
House Republicans: 91% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed
Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed
Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed
SUMMARY
91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas.
86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas.
PAUL M. adds: It’s useful to keep this sort of thing in mind when we hear (on something like a daily basis these days) that the Republicans have run out of ideas or that Republican ideas didn’t work. The truth is that most major Republican ideas weren’t tried because the Democrats blocked them. Increasing the domestic production of oil and gas (a move so obvious it barely meets the standard for being an idea) is hardly the only example.
The source of the above is http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/06/020696.php
It’s funny how these Democrats think they’re able to disown their disastrous policies. Well since they live in a bubble they actually think that everyone is as deceived as the Leftists want them to be.
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my comment wasn’t showing up.. so i was trying different forms of it… i didn’t know they all would suddenly appear
If you have commented before the only reason the comment doesn’t show up is it was snagged in the spam filter – which needs me to drop by and release. I think once you get nailed they all get nailed for a while.
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I view Dennis K as a stalking horse for Obama just feeding red meat to the nutroots.
Check the timing of this just as the build up for the annual Kos Konvention gets rolling.
Hoyer already says the bill will be shuffled off to the Judiciary Committee to sit along side the Cheney impeachment stuff Dennis K submitted, like a pair of matched bookends.
Great comments, Vince! I am saving them for further use….(with credit to you, if that’s ok with you!)
It is a real comedy to see the Left in action. They really think we are soooooo uninformed. As they are. 🙂
Much is happening….much for which we have been waiting.